Talk:Common sense

Common Sense is not knowledge. It is a common method of acquiring knowledge, represented by a knowledge, recognizable as that knowledge.

When a person infers that 'common sense' would 'dictate' that person is not referring to a specific knowledge but to what the words actually mean.

'Common' is something most widely known, or habitual.

'Sense' is a natural understanding or intelligence.

So 'common sense' would be a widely known, natural understanding.

Not all persons have the same knowledge, yet all persons use the same method of intelligence.

Your 'common sense' may not be the 'common sense' of another person, which is why the term has never gained 'common sense' understanding.

Read chapter 12 of The Brain Is A Wonderful Thing at http://www.enticypress.com to see the definitive 'common sense' explanation.

---

There's a lot of comment on common sense by many writers that should be here.

Also, the sense of it in Common Sense Revolution, as that phrase was coined in New Jersey and Ontario, should be mentioned. Here is an example of such self-proclaimed common sense by User:JoeM, who has certainly livened things up with his relentless support of Zionist Occupation Government and pursuit of New World Empire (from User_talk:JoeM):

"You people are cowards. You know that one common sense conservative can topple down the delicate house of cards made up users who are at least 90% far left. That's why you want me banned. Well, you might be able to ban me when you control the machinery, but my views are those of the majority of Americans and we now have an all-GOP government now. :America voted for Bush. Bush's approval rating are high. We have a GOP House and Senate. Americans supported the war in Iraq. Americans prefer Republican governors. We prefer the free market, tough on crime stances, a strong foreign policy guided by moral clarity, freedom, and national security, smaller government, lower taxes, and more freedom. Americans love Reagan and We defeated Communism and socialism. However, a bunch of leftists are censoring me because they control this site and not America. User:JoeM"

Unfortunately. If only the staid Wikipedians were in fact writing briefing papers for Bush. He might learn something.

It's common sense that most people don't care, and two parties still exist because neither can and does win. Bush only won because others let him. lysdexia 17:34, 10 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Lack of common sense

Would it be fair to say that geeks lack common sense? At least I do. People tell that to me all the time. :) Can we expand the article to include a section "Lack of common sense and those who don't get it"?

you need a serious, referenced source to say so. Andries 16:31, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Common sense

Common sense is often confused with logic, but common sense is logic plus extraneous information that is available to most people. Logic is applied according to a set of rules, and is internal to that system only. Thus you have 'garbage in, garbage out', as is evidenced so often in our legal system. Common sense helps filter out garbage, and is why juries are allowed to use common sense, whereas officers of the courts do not.

so, what you are saying is that common sense is meta-data of the logic process/experiences accumulated throught applying the logic process, right? is it an Meme? Because if it is, we can talk about how common logic is a learned trait and it must be taught/learned though experience in order to be understood. (Yeah, i don't get how people say "It's just common sence!") Project2501a 14:42, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)